Writing Workshop: Microfiction with Emma Darragh

Learn how with Emma Darragh, short story writer and winner of the 2024 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize for her short fiction collection, Thanks for Having Me. In this session you will be introduced to short-short stories and get started on one of your own.

Participants will be led through a craft-focused reading of several short stories and will undertake writing activities to generate new ideas. Bring a pen – you will be writing! You'll then have the chance to share and receive supportive feedback in a group setting.

About the facilitator:

Emma Darragh is a writer, editor, and academic living on Gadigal land. She holds a PhD and Honours (Class I) in Creative Writing, and a BA in Writing and English Literatures from the University of Wollongong, where she has worked as a tutor and lecturer since 2019. Her writing has appeared in numerous Australian publications, including Cordite, Westerly, Meniscus, TEXT, and The Big Issue Fiction Edition. Emma’s debut novel-in-stories, Thanks for Having Me, won the 2024 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction.